New MoU: ZMT and Mauritus Oceanography Institute strengthen cooperation
21/01/2020 | Yesterday, H.E. Prof. Dr. Kheswar Jankee, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Mauritius to the Federal Republic of Germany, and ZMT’s Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Hildegard Westphal signed a three-year Memorandum of...
ZMT talks mangrove research and restauration in El Salvador and Honduras
13/12/2019 | ZMT mangrove ecologist Prof. Dr. Martin Zimmer recently consulted with El Salvador’s Vice Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Alex Hasbun, as well as the Ministry’s Director of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Ing. Miguel Gallardo, and...
TICAS project: seeking broader support
04/12/2019 | Stakeholders from the German-Chinese project TICAS (Tackling Environmental Change Issues of China’s Coastal Aquatic Systems), which is coordinated by the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) recently met for a workshop in Haikou,...
“Seagrass for Life” workshop in Zanzibar
25/11/2019 | ZMT's first ‘Seagrass for Life’ workshop took place at the primary school in Uroa on the East coast of Zanzibar on November 16. More than 60 different stakeholders from Zanzibar participated with scientists, seaweed farmers, fishermen, teachers and...
Bremen wins German Sustainability Award : Jury highlights "Ocean-Champs" project with Durban
25/11/2019 | Bremen and its twin city Durban in South Africa have been awarded the prestigious German Sustainability Award for the year 2020. In the category "Municipal Partnerships" the twin cities won the race against numerous competitors. The German...
Leibniz at the Bremischen Parliament: Exchange between science and politics
22/11/2019 | In cooperation with the Bremen Parliament, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research invited scientist and parliamentarians to take part in "Leibniz at the Bremische Bürgerschaft". The dialogue forum took place for the fourth time and saw...
Bremen-Durban Marine Environmental Education Network – final stakeholder meeting in Durban
22/11/2019 | The Bremen-Durban Marine Environmental Education Network is a joint project between the city of Durban and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is part of the Climate Partnership of the two cities, which deals with the mutual consultation and...
4th International Conference on Ocean Governance for Sustainability
21/11/2019 | From 25–27 November, 2019 the European COST Action “Ocean Governance for Sustainability – Challenges, Options and the Role of Science” gathers for their 4th International conference in the coastal city of Piran, Slovenia. The conference is...
Testing methods for data-limited fish stock assessments
20/11/2019 | The latest Editor’s Choice article from ICES Journal of Marine Science is a publication by Prof. Matthias Wolff´s working group “Resource Management” and other authors, in which the researchers test the limitations of methodologies used in...
Oscar Puebla appointed Professor of Fisheries Ecology
Prof. Dr. Oscar Puebla (42) has been appointed to a joint professorship for fisheries ecology at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) of the University of Oldenburg and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine...